jose. >> it's obvious the voters of san jose really voted with their hearts, not their minds. >> reporter: starting next year, san francisco's rate will go up to $10.55 an hour. albuquerque, new mexico's wage will rise to $10.350. the idea in san jose started with students in this professor's classroom. >> i think there's going to be an explosion of citywide minimum wage ordinances in 2015. we started getting calls today about how did you do it? >> reporter: the move will cost the city of san jose about $630,000 estimated for every year. and the minimum wage increase is expected to go into effect around march of next year, which is 90 days after the vote is certified. live in downtown san jose, maureen naylor, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> voter turn out statewide was significantly lower than four years ago. according to the secretary of state's office. 59% of voters in california went to the polls yesterday. in 2008, that number was above 70%. here in the bay area, just over half, or almost 55% of registered voters cast ballots yesterday. >>> the santa clara county registrar said it has almo